- Paperback: 394 pages
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin (1 Jan 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1741752108
- ISBN-13: 978-1741752106
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,043,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Discover the amazing world of couch surfing with this hugely entertaining story about one man's quest to travel the world without paying a penny for accommodation. This title features dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to targeted travel related media & organisations. What sort of person offers up their couch to a complete stranger from the other side of the world? And how can said stranger be sure that the owner of the couch is not a weirdo? Intrigued by this fast-growing phenomenon, inveterate traveller and author Brian Thacker sets out on a couch surfing tour of the globe to discover how and why kipping on someone's floor has become the latest, hippest way to travel. So grab your passport, strap yourself in, and join Brian as he travels through the Americas, Africa, India, Iceland and everywhere in between, sleeping on floors and sofas, under drum kits and in wardrobes, and hangs out with some of the most charming, entertaining, and off-the-wall people you could hope - or perhaps hope not - to ever meet.
About the Author
Brian Thacker is an inveterate traveller who has visited 76 countries around the world. He is also the author several popular travel books.
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An Interesting Tale of Sleeping on Strangers Couches Around the World
14 July 2009
Format:Paperback
I found this book hard to put down. It is hard to explain why, nothing out of the ordinary happens, there's no big disasters happening to the narrator as he travels or anything, the book isn't a humorous tale like Danny Wallace or Dave Gorman's books nor is there a really weird excuse for travelling like trying to win a bet or something. I guess the reason you can't put this down is the narrator (author) seems like a really nice guy, someone you wouldn't mind sleeping on your own couch, and the conversational style of writing is just, really, really good. This was the first of Thacker's books I read but I have since read his previous stuff which like this book, for some reason you just can't put them down.
This book is basically about a Melbourne guy who joins up with a few websites where members offer their couch (or a spare bed or something) for strangers from around the world to sleep for free (although some do have ulterior motives for making money from the couchee). I've backpacked Europe but never couched around the world and I found it quite fascinating. I don't know that it's a cheaper option if like the author you feel uncomfortable not doing something like buying them dinner in return for their hospitality which I probably would as well. Brian Thacker stays on a number of "couches" on an around the world airline ticket journey in North America, South America, Asia and Europe. You'll learn a bit about each country he visits as well as a tip or two if you ever go there yourself. As I said a great easy to read sit back for half a day relax and read book.
This book is basically about a Melbourne guy who joins up with a few websites where members offer their couch (or a spare bed or something) for strangers from around the world to sleep for free (although some do have ulterior motives for making money from the couchee). I've backpacked Europe but never couched around the world and I found it quite fascinating. I don't know that it's a cheaper option if like the author you feel uncomfortable not doing something like buying them dinner in return for their hospitality which I probably would as well. Brian Thacker stays on a number of "couches" on an around the world airline ticket journey in North America, South America, Asia and Europe. You'll learn a bit about each country he visits as well as a tip or two if you ever go there yourself. As I said a great easy to read sit back for half a day relax and read book.
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